Quilty v. United Fruit Co.

HULBERT, District Judge.

The motion is for an order dismissing the third-party complaint against the third-party defendant upon the ground that it fails to allege a cause of action, “and for such other and further relief in the premises as to the court shall seem just and proper.”

John Quilty commenced an action in this court under Special Rule for Seamen to sue without security or prepayment of fees for the enforcement of the Laws of the United States Common and Statutory for the Protection of the Health and Safety of Seamen at sea. See 28 U.S.C.A. § 837.

In his complaint he alleged that he was…